The 'Breaking Bad' Creator Discloses He Has a Plan for How The Apple TV+ Show Will End... At the Moment.
Vince Gilligan could not have predicted that his new science-fiction series would become a breakout success. “I am so grateful to the audience,” Gilligan says. “It was unexpected the show being as talked about as it is, and it makes me overjoyed.”
As the debut season of the hit series wrapping up—and Season 2 officially in the works—Gilligan and his team opened up about the fan response and whether it will influence the narrative path of Pluribus.
About the Incredible Fan Response
Anyone might to get swayed by the rampant praise and audience predictions surrounding Pluribus. He is doing his best to steer clear of all that.
“It feels like constantly eating hot fudge sundaes and being tickled to death,” he says. “It's the greatest thing, but I hear about it anecdotally, and that's on purpose. I have never looked myself up on the internet, nor do I ever want to. Not because I don't care. It's a bottomless pit I know I would fall into and then I'd be living in squalor from Home Depot and I'd be stuck in my living room.”
In spite of trying to stay away, there’s it's impossible to ignore the overwhelmingly positive response to the series. The only approach for the writers is to accept it graciously and try not to let it dictate the story of the show.
“We don't try to change the plot,” says Alison Tatlock. “Our storytelling is not influenced by what people are saying.”
“We prefer to keep our focus on the work,” Gilligan adds.
A Pressing Query: Does Vince Gilligan See the Ending of Pluribus?
Considering the writers are not listening by fan response, can we assume they already know how Pluribus will ultimately end? Essentially yes… with some caveats.
“We've developed some compelling concepts about the ultimate destination,” Gilligan says. “however, we remain prepared to abandon a decent plan for a superior concept. That has held us in well on Better Call Saul and on Breaking Bad even before that. We scrap ideas when we conceive of something superior and I expect we'll continue doing that.”
Then again, if all else fails, director and writer Gordon Smith has a humorous idea to fall back on.
“I constantly suggest that everything takes place within a snow globe, and that we'll pull back at the end and that's where they've been all along,” he says humorously, “but nobody's taking me up on that.”
Then again, one could always use the legendary finales?
“I'd love for Carol to wake up in bed beside Bob Newhart,” he jokes.
Pluribus is streaming now on the streaming service.
